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Adams Industries NVG Solutions - Brad Walker - Military.com

For years, the Special Operations community has modified their gear to adapt to mission requirements or their environment. Early on, non-conventional forces wanted to run dual-tube NVGs such as the AN/AVS-6 (ANVIS) goggles that pilots used. The end result was operators modifying their ballistic helmets to accept flight helmet NVG mounts. This was the standard for years, and then Adams Industries came along and changed everything.

Adams created a mounting solution for the AN/AVS-6s that integrates the traditional flight helmet mount with a backing plate that snaps directly into any MICH-type, US MIL standard mounting bracket (i.e. MICH, PVS-7/14 mount, VAS shroud, etc.). The Surface ANVIS Mount (AI/SAM) provides a stable mounting platform for the night vision unit without sacrificing the utility of the helmet.

In the last few years, there has been a trend toward developing [Night Vision] systems that fuse both [visible and IR] capabilities. "Thermal night vision tubes were once analog devices and now have become digital," said Chris Adams, president of Adams Industries. "That makes it possible to combine them with electro-optical sensors. It also enables data gathered by IR devices to be transmitted and stored. That is where everyone is headed right now."